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Renoir

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Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki's father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world....

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express Hayakawa wins the day by casting the amazing Yui Suzuki as Fuki. She has just the perfect mix of the idiosyncratic and imaginative, innocent and vulnerable to make the inner struggles of the character strongly resonant. Jul 31, 2025 Full Review Justin Chang The New Yorker What distinguishes Hayakawa's approach is a principled refusal of the obvious; she doesn't strain to make Fuki relatable, or diagnose her, or problematize her occasional flights of fantasy. Jun 2, 2025 Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out It’s as interesting for what it doesn’t show as for what it does. This is a story of terminal illness, but it exists in and around the main events rather than depicting them head-on. It’s a tender, loose and slightly whimsical tale. Rated: 4/5 May 21, 2025 Full Review Mark Schilling Japan Times The story, which unfolds in the summer of 1987, when Japan’s bubble economy was at its height and digital distractions were nowhere to be found, is more a succession of incidents than a tightly woven narrative, but its development is not scattershot. Rated: 4/5 Jun 29, 2025 Full Review Sarah Manvel Movies We Texted About A noble attempt to depict the growing pains adults prefer not to remember. Unfortunately a better movie would have delved into why. Jun 6, 2025 Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net Hayakawa has an incredible eye for time and place. As if she is sharing a deeply personal memory with the audience, one that isn't entirely accurate, but truthful nonetheless. Rated: 4/5 Jun 1, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Chie Hayakawa

Director

Yui Suzuki

Fuki Okita

Hikari Ishida

Utako Okita

Ayumu Nakajima

Toru Omaezaki

Yumi Kawai

Kuriko Kita

Ryota Bando

Kaoru Hamano
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Synopsis Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki's father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world....
Director
Chie Hayakawa
Producer
Eiko Mizuno Gray, Jason Gray
Screenwriter
Chie Hayakawa
Production Co
Loaded Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 2m